Swinging arm bearings/pivot advice, please?

[Martin C]

At present, I have aborted trying to fix the slight wear in the swinging arm bushes/pivot. After spending ages stripping off almost everything to get there, I realised I had a Catch 22 situation: the bike has a very useful centre-stand to support it, but to access the final fasteners I need to remove both footpeg sub-frames. I started to do so, then it suddenly dawned on me that some of their bolts are also the ones holding the centre-stand to the bike…. As far as I can see, it must require a proper wheelsfree bike lift to do the job. I reckon I’ll just clean things up and reassemble. It was only an MOT advisory.

[Dukedesmo]

Originally Posted by Martin C

As far as I can see, it must require a proper wheelsfree bike lift to do the job.

A couple of axle stands and a length of threaded rod does the job nicely;



Even a long 'T' bar allen key;